LCL and L-VSC converters with dc fault current-limiting property and minimal power losses

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2359-2368

  Lin, Weixing ^a   Jovcic, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC DC power conversion; dc power systems; dc power transmission; HVDC converters; HVDC transmission

Indexed keywords

AC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DC FAULT; DC POWER SYSTEMS; HVDC CONVERTERS; HVDC TRANSMISSION; MINIMAL POWER;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84907562651     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2314481     Document Type: Article

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